Gets actual position

Namespace: EAL.Interfaces.Motion
Assembly: EAL (in EAL.dll) Version: 1.1.5.0 (1.1.5.0)

Syntax

C#
double GetActualPosition()
Visual Basic
Function GetActualPosition As Double
Visual C++
double GetActualPosition()

Return Value

Type: Double
Actual position

Examples

Synchronous method
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private static void Sample()
{
    using (IEALConnection ealConnection = new EALConnection())
    {
        ealConnection.Connect("192.168.0.10", false, 10000, 2000, 500);                            // Eatablishes connection, with given least time, given busy 
                                                                    // timeout and with given max delay 
        IAxis axis = ealConnection.Motion.Axes[0];        // Gets axis
        axis.Movement.Power(false);                                // Powers-off
        axis.SetCondition(AxisCondition.AXIS_CONDITION_ACTIVE_PARAMETERIZATION);// Activates to parameterisation mode
        ealConnection.Initialize();                                         // Initializes the axis
        axis.SetCondition(AxisCondition.AXIS_CONDITION_ACTIVE);    // Activates Operating mode
        axis.Movement.Power(true);                                 // Powers on
        axis.Movement.Home();                                      // Executes homing
        axis.Movement.MoveAbsolute(10000, 400, 100, 100, 0);       // Moves the axis to position 10000 
        ealConnection.Wait(1000);                                           // axis wait for 1 second
        double actualPosition = axis.GetActualPosition();          // Reads the actual position
    }
}
Asynchronous method
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private static void Sample()
{
    using (IEALConnection ealConnection = new EALConnection(true))  // Asynchronous flag is true
    {
        ealConnection.Connect("192.168.0.10", false, 10000, 2000, 500);                            // Eatablishes connection, with given least time, given busy 
                                                                    // timeout and with given max delay task will be added queue 
        IAxis axis = ealConnection.Motion.Axes[0];        // Gets axis
        axis.Movement.Power(false);                                // Powers-off task will be added to the queue
        axis.SetCondition(AxisCondition.AXIS_CONDITION_ACTIVE_PARAMETERIZATION);   // Activate parameterisation mode task will be added to queue
        ealConnection.Initialize();                                         // Initializes the axis task will be added to queue
        axis.SetCondition(AxisCondition.AXIS_CONDITION_ACTIVE);                    // Activate Operating mode task will be added to queue
        axis.Movement.Power(true);                                 // Powers on task will be added to queue.
        axis.Movement.Home();                                      // Homing task will be added to queue.
        axis.Movement.MoveAbsolute(10000, 400, 100, 100, 0);       // Moves the axis to position 10000 
                                                                    // task will be added to queue.
        ealConnection.Wait(1000);                                           // axis wait for 1 second task will be added to queue
        ealConnection.WaitUntilQueueComplete();                             // Now it will wait untill all are executed.        
        double actualPosition = axis.GetActualPosition();          // Read the actual position
    }
}

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